23 of the Most Messed-Up Things People Did at Work Without Getting Fired

As a freelance worker with generalized anxiety disorder, having a level of confidence that you won’t get fired sounds heavenly. Thanks to my brain’s constant low-level panic, every time my email pings, I start tying a bindle and checking trains to hop after my impending termination. After all, pretty much every job now is at-will employment, which is the evil bizarro version of tenure that allows you to be kicked to the curb at any time without so much as a hearty back-pat.

So it’s even more shocking sometimes to see someone well and truly screw the pooch and then clock back in as normal come Monday morning. Talent, tenure or good old nepotism can all cover for something that would have anyone else combing the cobwebbed corners of their Google Drive for their resume. 

Along these lines, Redditors have shared stories about the biggest work fuck-ups they’ve seen that resulted in zero firings, and the list includes quite a few repeat offenders.